Eurocopter X3: Catch it if You Can

Follow the X3 team from the beginning to the speed record! The X3 hybrid helicopter has opened the frontiers of aviation by attaining a speed milestone of 255 knots (472 km/hr) in level flight on June 7. Several days before this accomplishment, the X3 reached a speed of 263 knots (487 km/hr) during a descent. With these two successes, the X3 surpasses the unofficial speed record for a helicopter. Eurocopter achieved the historic 255-knot speed milestone with the X3 flying at an altitude of aro